Changelog for CComment - Comments for Joomla!

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CComment 6.1.12 - Released 20-Oct-2023

• FixAnother try at fixing a crash on Joomla 5

CComment 6.1.11 - Released 19-Oct-2023

• FixFix crash on Joomla 5

CComment 6.1.10 - Released 21-Feb-2023

• DelFix deprecated function call (JArrayHelper) in Joomla 4

CComment 6.1.9 - Released 06-Feb-2023

• DelFix wrong db structure for old installations upgraded to the latest version

CComment 6.1.8 - Released 10-Jan-2023

• DelFix recaptcha causing a JS error when not enabled for a user group

CComment 6.1.7 - Released 20-Feb-2022

• Delfix crash when trying to show CB avatars on joomla 4.x

CComment 6.1.6 - Released 20-Feb-2022

• Delfix failing installation on some joomla 4 instances due to strict mysql

CComment 6.1.5 - Released 21-Dec-2021

• Delbehavior tooltip was causing a crash in the comment module on joomla 4
• Delincorrect redirect in comment module - thanks for the fix to @iona

CComment 6.1.4 - Released 26-Oct-2021

• FixFix crash on Joomla 4 when editing global settings
• DiffImprove discuss import

CComment 6.1.3 - Released 19-Sept-2021

• Fixfix crash when editing a comment on PHP 8

CComment 6.1.2 - Released 31-Aug-2021

• Fixquote styling wasn't properly applied to comments

CComment 6.1.1 - Released 29-Aug-2021

• NewAdded quote styling in comments
• FixFixed uninstallation notices
• FixFixed wrong upvote/downvote count

CComment 6.1.0 - Released 22-Aug-2021

• NewCComment is now Joomla 4 compatible!

CComment 6.0.14 - Released 12-May-2021

• FixActivity chart on dashboard was not rendering properly

CComment 6.0.13 - Released 8-March-2021

• FixFix failing new installations

CComment 6.0.12 - Released 4-March-2021

• Fixon Multilingual sites requests to vote, edit, quote were redirected with 301
• Newit's now possible for users to change their own votes

CComment 6.0.11 - Released 21-January-2021

• Fixcomment submission time was not properly translated on multilingual websites
• Fixbackend dashboard was missing the correct extension title

CComment 6.0.10 - Released 14-January-2021

• Fixin multilingual setup the comment needs moderation message was not properly translated

CComment 6.0.8 - Released 25-May-2020

• FixForm gravatar image was being loaded over http and not https

CComment 6.0.8 - Released 17-Feb-2020

• FixAdd comment on top when sorting by newest first
• DiffUpdated jceeditor to version 2.1.3
• DiffUpdated vuejs library to version 2.6.11
• DiffUpdated vuex library to version 3.1.2

CComment 6.0.7 - Released 23-Mai-2019

• Fixhide reply button when the user is not able to post
• Fixnot able to press the edit button a second time
• Fixuploading an image was not working correctly in some situations

CComment 6.0.5 - Released 20-Dec-2018

• Fixfix notices on php 7.3
• Fixnavigating to Easyblog comments was not working

CComment 6.0.4 - Released 17-Sep-2018

• Newuse vue.js in production mode
• Fixnavigating to Easyblog comments was not working

CComment 6.0.3 - Released 10-April-2018

• Fixenforce name and email when this is set in the settings
• Fixin some situations the edit button on a comment was shown to the wrong user

CComment 6.0.2 - Released 9-April-2018

• Fixwhen comments were moderated no message was displayed to the user that the comment was approved and is awaiting moderation

CComment 6.0.1 - Released 7-April-2018

• Fixdefault captcha was not validating properly
• Fixrecaptcha was not validating properly

CComment 6.0.0 - Released 4-April-2018

• Fixthe reply button now respect the nesting level
• Newadded a onAfterPrepareComments event allowing you to change the json returned for the comment list
• Newadded a onAfterBuildQuery event that can be intercepted to modify the query fetching the comments from the db

CComment 6.0.0 alpha 1 - Released 26-April-2017

• Newnew BBCode editor (SCEditor)
• Newimage upload with drag and drop
• Newnew template build on vuejs
• Delremoved mootools dependeny in frontend template

CComment 5.4.1 - Released 4-February-2017

• Diffchanged the ip field to varchar(45) in order for it to sae ipv6 addresses
• Fixcustom fields values were not properly shown when editing the comment in the backend

CComment 5.4.0 - Released 29-January-2017

• Newadded Reditem plugin
• Fixdisqus has ids that don't fit in the int columns that we have. Changed importid and parentimportid to bigint
• Fixfixed import bug with disqus comments
• Newadd the title of the article in the search results
• Fixwrong text in the search plugin
• FixjDownloads plugin now works with version bigger than JDownloads 3.2
• Fixconfiguration notes couldn't be saved

CComment 5.3.8 - Released 10-November-2016

• Fixquoting a comment was not showing the user's name for non-registered users. ([quoted=null]...[/quoted])

CComment 5.3.7 - Released 31-October-2016

• Fixnested comments were not shown on Joomla 2.5 (yes, we no longer support it, but we had to fix this)

CComment 5.3.6 - Released 20-October-2016

• Fixthe url bbcode was erroneously adding http: when we had https urls
• Fixthe BBcode class was throwing notices on PHP7
• Fixrouting issue on multilingual sites on an nginx server
• Fixfixes to the jdownloads plugin
• Newdjclassified plugin
• Newnew view for the notification queue
• Fiximported comments had wrong parent id
• Fixwhen quoting the quoted user name is not respecting the layout use name setting
• Fixwhen notify user was set to no, editing a comment was creating a new comment
• Fixrecaptcha incompatibility with matukio
• Newwhen changing pages scroll always to the top of the comments
• Newthe categories for com_content are now shown nested in the settings

CComment 5.3.5 - Released 17-December-2015

• Fixthe hotspots plugin is now compatible with Hotspots 5.2.0
• Newccomment can now install on installations with PDO mysql driver
• Fixfixed a bug in the disqus import
• Fixthe event titles were not properly fetched from matukio
• Fixnotify "content creator moderator" was not working in matukio
• Delgoogle has deprecated the ajax crawling implementation as they can craw pages as normal browsers now. Removed our implementation of it.
• Fixediting a comment and selecting the option to be notified was throwing an error for missing e-mail
• Fixuser JEVHelper::getItemid() to determine the correct Itemid for jevents entries
• Fixthe jevents plugin now works with the latest jevents version 3.4
• Fix[quote=undefined] when liking/disliking a comment after quoting
• Diffuse CB code to get the correct plugin path
• Fixwrong path to css file for the CB usercomment plugin
• Fixwrong query on multilingual vm installs - thanks Max!
• Fixthe links to easyblog items were wrong

CComment 5.3.4 - Released 26-August-2015

• Newadded option to control the length of the comment posted in the activity stream in Jomsocial
• Diffmaking some modifications to the default theme, so that it can better work on most templates
• Newthe comments in the Jomsocial stream can now be shown with name or username
• Fixdon't load the tooltips library when the option is not enabled in the settings
• Fixcontent creator moderator was not working for com_hotspost
• Fixmoved the ZOO plugin to the system folder as it no longer worked as content plugin
• Diffthe search in backend now looks also for the commenter's name & email
• Fixdelete icon in backend was not working
• Diffwe now send a notification to the user when a moderator approves the comment through the link in the mail
• Fixif the user selects to be notified of further e-mails validate the e-mail he has provided
• Fixupdating the CB plugins to be compatible with CB 2.x
• Fixerror in the docman integration when "content creator moderator" was set to yes
• Fixthe link to hwdmediashare item was wrong
• Fixadd a non-empty check for name and e-mail
• Fixccomment was not working properly on multilingual VM installs

CComment 5.3.3 - Released 27-April-2015

• Fixdocman plugin couldn't be updated on new install
• Newupdated recaptcha to use the new "I'm human" recaptcha code
• Fixfixed reordering issue with custom fields
• Fixtypo in the komento import script caused the import not to function - thanks to Jordan Weinstein for reporting and fixing!
• Fixwrong comment count when a new comment is added
• Fixwhen comments were sorted by "new entries first" sometimes nested comments were missing on page refresh
• Fixtypo in the update stream
• Fixto ease some people added rel="nofollow" to our powered by link (even though the link is not indexed by search engines...)
• Fixthe "custom fields" text in the form was hardcoded
• Newoption to gather anonymous stats about the environment & configuration of the extension
• Newadded JED review request on the dashboard

CComment 5.3.2 - Released 2-February-2015

• Fixchangelog in the PRO version was wrong
• Fixunable to save comments in the backend
• Newthe docman plugin has been updated to support version 2 of the component
• Newonce the comment is submitted close the comment form completely
• Fixthe hotspots plugin now supports hotspots 5
• Fixthe ordering of the latest submitted comment was not correct

CComment 5.3.0 - Released 5-January-2015

• FixEasySocial avatars now use the path specified in EasySocial
• Fixdon't show a custom field when it isn't filled out
• Fixcustom fields were rendered several times depending on how many fields there are
• Newadding a checkbox custom field
• Newadded EasySocial avatar support
• Newadded EasySocial profile support
• Fixcb comment wall plugin was not respecting the use_name setting
• Newdeveloper feature: onPrepareConfig event allowing you to override the config on initialization
• Newadded option to sort on best comments or worst comments first (based on the votes)
• Fixcb installation was showing an error when no language file was present in the package
• Fixwrong date format for the cb user comments plugin
• Newcustom fields support

CComment 5.2.2 - Released 19-November-2014

• Fixwrong link generated by the matukio plugin
• Fixno longer display error loading feed on the dashboard
• Fixwrong link to rss feed in the dashboard
• Fixthe installer plugin was missing from the PRO package
• Fixwrong url for ajax requests on some installations
• Fixwhen editing a comment, the wrong gravatar was fetched

CComment 5.2.1 - Released 22-October-2014

• Fixcomment system was no longer loading when user wrote a comment and provided an email

CComment 5.2 - Released 22-October-2014

• Fixthe installer plugin was missing for joomla 2.5
• Newadded an option to minify the javascript files
• Newadded an option to select the user groups that are allowed to post without moderation
• Newadded an option for comment maximum depth level
• Delno longer uses require.js
• Fixon multilingual sites we no longer need 2 requests to fetch the comments
• Delremoved features from core package: "disable comments in", "content creator moderator", "use names", "emoticons turn off"

CComment 5.1 - Released 09-October-2014

• Diffusing the new compojoom installer library & database schema
• Diffbackend now uses lanceng
• Newuse joomla's update manager to update the component
• Delremoved live update
• Fixgravatar can no longer load default images through https. We'll use the standard mysteryman from gravatar for now
• Fixbreak words in the comments in the module if they are too long

CComment 5.0.8 - Released 04-September-2014

• Fixhikashop listings were always pointing to the same page - thanks to Nicolas from hikashop for fixing this
• Fixsupport pictures option was not taken into account for ubb code
• Fixhitting enter in the name or e-mail field was just hidding them
• Fixfixed sql error caused by the latest comments module when using the mostcommented option
• Fixmodule was showing wrong author name for edited comment
• Fixwrong date format in the backend
• Fixthe simple smiley set had wrong icon names
• Fixeasyblog not showing the comment count
• Newadding a count comment function that only returns an int - some components need only this and don't use our "write comment (x comments)" readmore

CComment 5.0.7 - Released 16-April-2014

• Fixthe textarea was growing on each character with some templates and always on ff29 - textarea should have box-sizing set to border-box
• Fix"Content creator moderator" - couldn't change the state of the comments (publish/unpublish)
• Fixfixing an issue with the comments in zoo. When using the related element the comment form was shown multiple times.
• Fixfixed - the module was outputting html in the tooltips
• Fixfixed - the language strings were not loaded in the module
• Fixno longer send emails to blocked moderators
• Fixthe avatar for logged in users was missing from the form
• Diffpowered by cannot be changed from the settings for the core version anymore
• Fixfixing an issue with the compojoom namespace

CComment 5.0.6 - Released 10-February-2014

• Fixwrong label desc for the date syntax in the settings
• Fixmoving form validation bevor the requirejs call, because of incompatible punycode j3.2.2.....

CComment 5.0.5 - Released 07-February-2014

• FixUpdated requireJS in order to fix a but introduced with j3.2.2
• Newadding a plugin for DJClassifieds
• Newadding a plugin for DJCatalog2
• Fixproperly format an url that is a mail address

CComment 5.0.4 - Released 03-February-2014

• Fixwrong tabindex used for the form fields
• Fixpermissions for the backend access couldn't be modified
• Fixwrong captcha/recaptcha position in the template
• Fixnotify users of new comments only when their comments are published in the first place
• Fixblocking IP was not working properly
• Fixload recaptcha through the https protocol
• Fixgravatar was not using the default avatar
• Newadded ccomment-top module position
• Fixmake sure that people can't enter another value for font size
• Fixmake sure that big images don't screw the layout

CComment 5.0.3 - Released 19-November-2013

• Fixgoing around the joomla cache, by putting the initialization code in a file (ccomment should be able to work with cache on)
• Fixon some installations the k2 plugin was causing the backend of k2 not to work. Now only using the plugin when we are in the frontend
• Newthe AUP plugin now respects the rules assignement method
• Fix10.0.8.35 is detected as a url. Disabled this auto url detection.
• Fixthe notify flag was set on all comments no matter if the user had selected it or not

CComment 5.0.2 - Released 03-October-2013

• Fixdon't show the replay & quote buttons if user is not allowed to post
• FixNo email was sent to moderators when autopublish comment was turned on
• Newadded cobalt plugin

CComment 5.0.1 - Released 03-September-2013

• Fixthe general import script had an error in it
• Fixupdated CB user comments plugin
• Fixnot all CB plugin were installed with the package
• Fixadded new jomsocial plugin to render the activity stream (works on jomsocial > 2.8)
• Fixyoutube video now respects the url scheme (http/https)
• Fixsome language strings were missing from the language files
• FixgetELement (...)' is null or not an objet on line 250 character 5 on media/com_comment/us/views/comments-outer.js
• Fixplaceholder not showing on IE
• Newadded placeholder support for browsers that don't support placeholders

CComment 5.0.0 - Released 13-August-2013

• Newadded smart search plugin
• Newadded search plugin
• Fixthe latest comment module was not part of the PRO package
• Fixthe k2 plugin was causing JForm::getInstance not found on some installations in k2 items
• Fixanonymous was not translatable in the javascript files
• Fixjoomla 3.1.4 has a bug and is unable to load the JHtml class if it is written in any other way than JHtml (JHTML, jhtml was invalid)
• Newadded option in the template to auto show the name and email fields
• Fixthe comments module was showing comments that were unpublished
• Newadded gpstools plugin
• Newadded communityquotes plugin
• Fixfixed fatal error when the module was enabled on kunena pages
• Fixfixed an issue with comment crawling
• Fixnested comments - moderators only was not working as expected
• Fixthumbs move down/up - thanks Josh!
• NewAUP improvements - showing a message about the activity the user performed
• FixHWD plugin was not installed properly
• Fixadded margin to .ccomment-replies for templates that set the margin for uls to 0
• Fixcomments were not showing up in HWDMediashare
• Newadded AUP integration - user points are now assigned on comment & vote
• Fixpossible fix for - require.js was not loaded
• Fixfixing bug with import from jcomments
• Fixcomment needs moderation was not visible when we were replying to nested comment
• Fixunpublished comments were shown when they were nested
• Newadded plugin for Communitypolls
• FixgroupHasAccess was producing a notice if the second argument was not an array and that way breaking the component
• Fixthe cancel button in the template was not translated
• Newadded redshop plugin
• Fixusing overrides/new template located in your_template/html/templates was causing an error
• Fixcould not delete comments on some servers
• Fixno message was output when the user comment needed moderation
• Newadded support for kunena profiles
• Newadded support for kunena avatars
• Newadded Zoo plugin
• Fixoptimised performance when working on the mail queue
• Newadded back the docman plugin for docman 1.6.4
• Fixhtml errors in the template
• Fixthe installed version number was not visible in the backend
• Fixtoo long words were not wrapped...
• Fixfixing problems with the resizing of the textarea
• Newadded plugin for dpcalendar
• Newadded option to add the comments using the onContentPrepare event for com_content
• Fixfixes issue with update from 4.2.1
• Fixfixes issues with content tag {ccomment on|off|closed}
• Fixcaptcha issues with selected group on j2.5
• Fixupdate from 4.2.1 was not properly executed
• Fixcaptcha usergroup selection was not having any effect
• Fixk2 plugin was missing from the pro package
• Newadded plugin for hikashop
• Fixcomment system was not working properly when cache was on
• Fix"use names" option was not working properly
• Fixk2 plugin was not installed with the core version
• Fixwhen the article is closed for further comments change the "write comment(x comments)" button to just "x comments" in list view
• Fixjoscomment plugin recognises {ccomment on|off|closed} tag
• Fixcomments were not loading on IE8
• Fixk2 plugin was not installed in the correct plugin group
• Fixuninstallation was not removing some plugins
• Fixcomments were not displaying when the user was not authorised to post
• Newemails are now sent either on page load or per cron job
• Newadded plugin for com_matukio (Matukio - Event management)
• Fixurl in notification mail is wrong for https sites
• Newadded com_joomgallery plugin (check docs for more info)
• Newadded com_jdownloads plugin (check docs for more info)
• Fixwrite comment was not shown on category blog view for com_content
• Fixthe link to docimport didn't have an itemId
• Fixwrong username was shown in comment list in the backend
• Fixtextarea was not expanding when the quote was bigger than the textarea
• Fixmodule was not able to show the comments from multiple components
• Fixuse the setLimit for comments in the module properly by respecting the bbcode
• Fixcss fixes for embeded youtube videos
• Fixfixing problem when updating from 4.2.1 & and a language translation is installed
• Fixquote & edit were not working
• Fixsome buttons were not clickable on the Ipad
• Fixfixed issue 67 smilies break on vote
• Newimplemented ajax crawling according to google's specification. Now comments should be indexed by search engines
• Fixwrong license tag in few plugins
• Fixmissing JEXEC statement in few files
• Fixposting comment as logged in user was not working
• Fixfixing a problem with reply to a comment
• Fixnow scrolling to the comments only if we have the correct hash
• Fixsettings were not correctly saved after the install
• Fixbug fiexes for IE6
• Fixbug fixes for IE8
• Newadded plugin for Docimport
• Fixfixed a problem with joomla's SEF :(
• Newadded HWDMediashare plugin
• Delremoved docman integration
• Delremoved hwdvideo and hwdphoto integration
• Fixupdated LiveUpdate library
• Newadded jcomments, komento & disqus import
• Newadded fb like on dashboard for compojoom.com
• Newadded dashboard
• Newadded an indicator when loading comments
• Newmaking the form a little more user friendly on submit
• Newoutput error messages to the user submitting a comment & validate form input
• Fixupdated virtuemart plugin
• Fixupdated ninjamonial plugin
• Fixupdated the jphoto plugin
• Fixupdated jevents plugin
• Delremoved com_eventlist plugin as the extension is no longer supported
• Newcb plugins are now installed during the ccomment installation
• Fixupdating the com_comprofile plugin and adding the ccomment wall plugin for cb
• Fixupdated adsmanager plugin
• Fixupdated the easyblog plugin
• Newadding the k2 and Hotpsots plugins to ccomment5 Core
• Fixupdating the hotspots plugin
• Fixupdating the phocadownload plugin
• Fixcould not delete settings in backend
• Delremoving JomsocialGroup & JomsocialGroupDiscussion plugins
• Fixupdated the jomsocial wall plugin
• Fixwrong message shown when comments were set to autopublish
• Fixfixing a warning when no moderator group was selected
• Fixone was not able to create new plugin settings
• Newadd support for like & comment on the jomsocial activity stream
• Fixupdated our jomsocial plugin
• Newadding the bare minimum of bootstrap CSS so that the template can be displayed properly on sites that don't use bootstrap
• Fixcss class was not properly added to comment
• Fixdisplay component name when editing/creating a new stting
• Fixfixing the backend CSS on joomla 2.5 (it doesn't come with bootsrap....)
• Newuninstall now works properly
• Fixwe are no able to properly update from 4.2.1
• Newwe are now able to select which user group has the right to post comments
• Diffupdated the K2 plugin
• Delremoved the stringparser library as it is no longer used
• Fixfixes for joomla 2.5
• Fixshow pagination only if enabled
• Fixthe DS constant is not available in j3.0
• Fixselecting all comments to delete was not working in backend
• Fixfixed strict standards warning when using jomsocial avatars
• Delremoved legacy install/uninstall procedures
• Delremoved plugin for sobi2 as the extension is not supported on joomla 2.5
• Delremoved plugin for seyret as the extension is no longer supported
• Delremoved plugin for puarcade as the extension is no longer supported
• Delremoved plugin for jomtube as the extension is no longer supported
• Delremoved plugin for mmsblog as the extension is no longer supported
• Delremoved plugin for myblog as the extension is no longer supported

CComment 5.0.0 alpha - Released 15-May-2013

• Diffsimplified backend
• Newjoomla 3 support
• NewClosely follows Joomla MVC conventions
• Newnew template engine
• Newnew default template based on bootstrap markup
• Newnew bbcode engine supporting video, automatic link, code highlighting
• Newauthor of article can be moderator
• Newnew email templates
• Newone click publish/unpublish comment from email
• Newone click unsubscribe from future notifications of new comments
• Delremoved legacy code - functions, templates (40k lines of code)

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• NoteNote
• NewNew feature or addition
• DiffMajor change
• DiffSmall change
• LangLanguage change
• FixSecurity fix
• FixBug fix
• DelFeature removal